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CAMDEN, &. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER* 8, 1908.
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Sl.SOPer Year
CHAPTER Yh ?
Continued. -
U tu nil Terjr wall aaklng Arthur
to come nd act them nil to rights,
but lot till they warn 'together did
Toln reallxe the impossibility of her
??eheme. In her simplicity nnd utter
? Ignorance of nil aueh matters, ahe
fancied Arthur had only to go
etrnight to Colonel Curtla nnd tell
him thnt Jnnet loved him, nnd that ho
muat coma back and find their father
In n favorable frams of mind; but
when Arthur explained to her how
entirely out of the'question such n
proceeding would he, she shook her
head sorrowfully and thought what
-an artificial world It was. The only
thing Arthur thought he could do
? Tea to call on Colonel Curtla aa If he
knew nothing about anything, and
then. If he wished to do eo, he might
take the Initiative.
Arthur's visit to the Orange turned
out an unlooked-for success.? Colonel
Curtla received him not only with
pleasure, but with eagerness; this
one brother ho had always cordially
liked, and he was unfeignedly glad to
see him. They talked of all sorts of
Indifferent subjects until, with rather
n sinking heart, Arthur-began to take
leave, when Colonel Curtis caught
down his hat to accompany him
homewards. The open air gave him
courage, and quite suddenly he began
ehowing, as he told the story of his
rejection, such an amount of trouble,
pain and mortification, that Arthur
Was compelled to perceive that his
father hud been even more hasty and
underemonious than Tola had told
him; and he felt a little embarrassed
aa to what he should say. Then his
frank and simplo nature put it into
hla head to place it all openly before
hla companion. He spoke of his fath
er's difficulties, of the Irritability al
most Inevitably produced by cease
less worries. Colonel Curtis, appar
ently, was too much hurt to respond
at once.
At last, after a Rood deal of round
about talking, Colonel Curtis came to
the point.
"WeH.Denstone," he said, "you see
I cannot help feeling mortifled at
having been sent about my business
In so aumniary a manner; you see
that now, don't you?"
"Yes," said Arthur slowly, "of
coursa I 833 It. It was awfully un
lucky, but "
"You have said quite enough," said
Colonel Curtis, rather loftily. "Of
course, I can mako allowances, and as
3'ou have given mo this opportunity of
talking It over with you I must eon
feg^ that my feelings towards your
alster are in no way changed by what
has occurred, and if you will guar
antee me a more favorable recaption
J should like to renew my suit."
"I am very sorry It should have
happened," said Arthur, cordially;
"and I am sure that no one would be
moro sorry than my father to think
that he had given you pain."
"Really, people ahould be a little
Careful what they say."*
"Of course they should," assented
Arthur, thinking how very difficult
It was to smooth such ruffiad plumes.
"Well, then, let us arrange a time."
Colonel Curtis looked at his watch.
?There Is time now," he said, with
the first eager look Arthur had seen
on his face. "I should like to be re
lieved from my suspense."
And these words reassured Arthur,
as he perceived that the gallant gen
tleman's self-confidence was shaken,
and that he watf not so perfectly aura
pf Janet as he had bean before.
"Not now," he said, decidedly. ?I
ahould like to speak to my fathar
first. Corns to-morrow."
"I will be vlth you at 10, Thank
you, Arthur. Indeed, you have acted
the pa^t of a true friend.
NI could not have stood repeating
what had occurred to any one but
yourself, Good-by till to-morrow at
10," and Colonel Curtis went off quite
lightly and gaily.
Arthur returned home In a similar
state of mind and had a private con
aultatlon with Tola at to how to ar
range to-morrow's visit of the Colonel
no that Hiere should be no hitches.
It was of nerd that Mr. Denstone was
to be kept in good humor and the
children hidden out of sight. This
was so successfully done that by the
evening of the next day Janet was
betrothed to Colonel Curtis with her
father's full consent.
CHAPTER VII.
Tt was curly spring when old Mon
?leur Rlgaud once more returned to
the longed-for repose of what he
called hie second life. The country
round about the little town of Qoucy
was thickly wooded. There were
large forests In which even now men
hunt wolves, and charcoal burners'
huts were often for miles the only
eigne of human habitation. Monsieur
Rlgaud still clung to the belief that
OouCy remained altogether un
changed by the waves of civilisation
which pasted over the world i but the
railway bid reached It, and a new
?park oolite had rekindled In the
little plctnrcsque ola town; but civ
ilisation 4fca*ttnot yet destroyed Its
beauty. *
?{ Monsieur' Rlgaud gave a sigh of
satisfaction u he concluded his bar*
sain with a dilapidated old cart, the
poorest and consequently the cheap
eet he eonld Had, and pro ceded to
drive out to lfon Repos. The dis
tance was about three iatiee, the road
passing through the town and finally
plunging quite Into the forest coun
try. Monsieur Rlgaud had certainly
chosen s solitary spot for his repose.
Mon Repos was.a large house; et
some .long-forgotten period It might
hare been a fine old chsteau. There
was a centre building, with two pro
jecting wings, the sp&6e forming s
small pared courtyard, bounded by
a stone parapet and Iron gates. It
WAamossgrown and untidy, and dec
orated by strings on which flapped
ancient clothes to dry. The house
had slate roofs rising to an enormous
height. In front it faced the road, or
/rather cart track, which determined
there, and a wide green or small
field, evidently a clearing, stretched
to the edge of the forest, a distance
of perhaps a quarter of a mile. Be
hind the old chateau there was a gar
don, surrounded by high stone walls.
In to direction was there any sign
of other habitation.
"At home again! Safe again!n said
tho old miser as he crossed the*
threshold. "Come, coma, Battiste,
Nanon, are you not glad to see your
old master back again, safe from the
dangers of the evil world?"
"Monsieur is welcome, doubly wel
come!" said old Battiste. rubbing his
stiff hands. "Monsieur has been a
long time away." ?
"Yes, a long tlm?; and no changes
have taken place, eh?"
"What changes should there be?"
said the old eervant. "Do stones
change? The only change I see is
in Monsieur himself."
"I?" very hastily. "In what way?"
"We all get older," said Nanon.
"Monsieur looks much older than he
did."
"Bah!" said Monsieur Rlgaud.
"That is the wear and tear of life.
I come here to get young again; ono
goes back centuries here; one fossil
izes. It is good to be a fossil."
"Monsieur has but to consult his
own wishes," said Battiste. "What
will he eat?"
"Eggs, Battiste, eggs! Eggs cost
nothing, they are nourishing, they
taste of the sweet, fresh country, and
the food that costs nothing nourishes
you doubly."
"I go to prepare them," said Bat
tiste, hurrying out.
Whilo he was preparing his mas
ter's frugal cupper, Nanon stood
about hesitatingly; then making up
her mind she said quickly;
"Has Monsieur seen not demoi
selle?"
?"Not this time, Nanon. She lives
soma way off. My business did not
take mo there; but she Is well, she
grows up. Ha! What aro you doing
with that?" he shouted, as old Nanon
moved aside the black leather case
he had under his feet. "Leave it
alone, I say! How dare you touch
it?"
His face was quite livid with anger.
Nanon looked at him with amaze
ment. "Dame! Monsieur quite
frightened me!" sbe exclaimed.
"There, take the old box; but I
thought Monsieur would like to drftw
up to the table."
"Bring the table to me" he
?narled.
She obeyed, and seeing it was no
time to pursue her questions, she be
gan to lay a clean napkin on the table
for his meal.
"Will Monsieur have wine or
cider?" tho said.
"What Is the price of the cider
now?" ?
"Three sous, Monsieur; that Is tho
price," said Nanon, smoothing the
napkin. r
"Then get me a litre of cider. And
stay. Were my directions about that
door carried out?"
"Yes, Monsieur, to the letter. My
brother-in-law himself did It, and
they laughed over it, I can tell you."
"Laughed? What did the fools
find to laugh at?"
"Dame! Monsieur. At such pre
cautions against thieves, when there
Is nothing to steal."
"Ha! Ha!" chuckled old Monsieur
Rlgaud. "Nothing to lose. Yes, yes
they are right there; but, after all',
everyone values his own life, and
mine Is a valuable life. I would not
lose It lightly."
44It would hardly be worth anyone's
while to attempt It, Monsieur,'' said
Nanon.
44HowT Not worth while?"
? Not worth .the galleys, eh? Eah!
These precautions hare cost money,
and for what? Monsieur la as safe at
Mon Repos as the tower o( Notre
Dame."
"They have cost money, eh?" said
Monsieur Rlgaud, uneasily. MHow
much?"
441 cannot say; hut one cannot hate
double doors of the best vood, with
new locks, for nothing, to one's
room."
44And the dog? Hare you bought
the dog?"
"Bnttlste has seen a dog that he
thinks would suit Monsieur, but It Is
dear, It Is three francs; but Dattlste
| tfelnks he could get It for two-Aft?>
Om f|? ?U?r ha?l, 1 eu Uvt t
poppy froia Gooey for Mtklag. it
will grow bis ?ai Mora
ft lo grown Monsieur will bo con
vinced thata nil to eate with open
Aoors wh?L poverty to ae well known j
as it to with us."
"How old to the poppy lor noth
ing?
"It opou Its ores. Monsieur.*
" "Bah! What to the ose of that?
And the other!"
"A villainous' brute. Monsieur;
large, fierce, chop, as It has loot one |
eye, but oarage as a wild beast, and
accustomed to starre; so wo need
not spend much on his hoop."
"Tell Batttste T will hare him, at
two-fifty, mind; not a centime more."
"He will be the terror of our lives.
Monsieur," eald Kanon. "I always
bated doge, and this one is danger
ous, ufcry."
"But be will be always fastened up.
Ton do not suppose that 1 ahould letj
him Tbosa about looae? Ho will be
chained to my door."
Nanon went away muttering.
"Monsieur thinks more about his
precious old- life than anybody else
does. Va!"
CHAPTER VIII
One morning, a day or two after
Monsieur Rigaud'e arrival, as he was
sitting over his scanty mid-day break
fast. old Battiste brought him a card
on which was written. In peu and
ink, "Paul Rlgaud*Leduc." The per
spiration rose to his brow. What was
this? Had this nephew, of whose ex
istence he had only. Just heard, found
him ont and come to prey upon him?
"Tell him to go away,* he said,
querulously. "I know nothing of
him. He Is a stranger, and I hate
strangers."
"He is Monsieur's own nephew,"
said Battiste, earnestly. "If only
Monsieur would sea him! ' Surely he
would not send awy Mademoiselle
Louise's only child."
"Mademoiselle Louise Is dead, and
Antoine Leduc is dead. They are all
dead of my generation. Send him
away, I Bay."
At this moment, a fierce bark and
snarl from the dog chained to the
doors of Monsieur Rigaud's private
room inade Itself heard. Monsieur
Rigaud almost screamed with im
patience.
"He Is trying to penetrate by force!
8end him away, I say. I will have no
strangers here."
Battiste went away slowly. The
young visitor who had sent In his
name as Paul Leduc was leaning
against the doorway, irritating with
the point of his cane the snarling dog.
He must have heard every word of
the conversation from the dining
room, but when Battiste told him
that Monsieur Rigaud was indisposed,
and did not receive,-he made no re
mark, only thrust a napoleon into
Bsttlste's hand and turned to go.
Battiste looked at the gold and then
at the departing figure with an air
of stupefaction. Such a thing had
never happened to him in his life be
fore. It must be a mistake. The
old man was honest. Monsieur Leduc
was not yet out of sight. He was
hobbling ftwirtly after him, his feeble
cries of "Monsieur! * But Monsieur,
then!" drowned by the frantic bark
ing of the dog, whi(> flung itself
baokward and forward ou Its chain,
^grinding bis teeth and tearing at the
obstacle which prevented it from
springing st the throat pt the visitor.
ISib young man heard nothing till
he was some war* along the road,
when the panting old servant sue*
ceeded in overtaking him, and, to en
forca his attention, held him tight
by the lapel of his coat while he re
gained his breath,
"Well?" eald Monsieur' Ledue,
rather Impatiently, "what Is It all
about?"
"Monsieur has made a mistake,"
?aid Battlste, holding out the napo
leon,* ''Doubtless Monsieur thought
it was a frano. It was a mistake."
"It was no mistake." said Monsieur
Leiluc, leaning against a tree and
folding his arms. "After all, I have
no relations left In the wide world.
This Is a sad position. Is it notT I am
aware from my mother's dying words
that she had a brother. I seek him
out, I am repulsed, as you see; why,
I cannot conceive, X ask nothing of
him. A Leduc comes not as a beggar.
On the contrary, the apparent want
and poverty of my uncle's surround
ings strike me so forcibly that I hare
even felt that I might claim the privi
lege of a son to help In money mat
ters, my purse and my heart alike at
his service; but I resign myself, and
go hence as lonely as I camo. At
least 1 may offer a small gift to an
old servant who has doubtless known
my mother."
Ho spoke with a strango sort of
open frankness. Battlste was touched
to the heart.
"Know Mademoiselle Louise?
Heaven rest her soul! Have not
these artts carried her a hundred
times, a prattling Infant? Did I not
teach her to ride and drive the old
pony? Did I not tame rabbits for
her, and feed her chlokens, and wait
on her till she went away and the
old people died, and we entered upon
a new state of things?"
"Ah," said Paul Leduc, thought
fully, "she was a beautiful rider."
"There," exclaimed the old man,
"I knew she would become so! Here
they laughed at me, for ehe never
could keep her seat, and was too
frightened to trot; but It was all
want of practice, see???"
"I must go," said the yoflnt man,
suddenly, "for I must catch the even
ing train."
"You leave already? Ah! Damet*
To be Continued.
The eyeball of the mole can be
projected forwarj several times Its
own diameter, and retracted.
OUR. SCHOOLS
i* Pmmt. Vxuuat H. Sasu.
VMTMritrct BwUl CwfcUn*.
row.
Too Many Little Half?Supported
8ehools.?8ooner or later {our people
are fotnf to have mora comfortable
and commodious school boose*. Be
fore the people pot thefr money into
permanent improvements,' would it
not be wise to red nee the number o?
achools in a great many plaeeaf A
good four-room house cos]y less than
four one-room huoses of equal com
fort and convenience. .Sixty pupils
in one building can be better taught
and more eadUy taught than fifteen
pupils esch in four buildings. A
four-teacher school will flourish
where four one-teacher schools would
struggle to keep slive.
In more then hslf the counties in
the State are to be found dozens of
schools with 10 and 12 'pupils each.
Not many weeks sgo I vieted a ruial
school .with an enrollment of 11 pu
pils; three miles off was another
school with 13 pupils, and in another
direction was a third scuool with 14
pupils. The three teachers were paid
$35 each; each school house was cheap
and ill equipped. In some districts
six miles square are to be found
maqy as three white schools, each
with a small number of pupils scar
tered from first reader high school
grades. A Rood many of the incor
porated villages have school districts
co-extenuive with the incorporate lim
its. An accurate school district map
of the State would look very much
like a crazy quilt.
What is the remedy! Take the
three schools cited above. Build a
omfortable two-room house at a cen
tral point, and give the entire 33
pupils to two teachers. Each pupil
would then have his recitation time
doubled, for there would be in the
consolidated school more grades, or
classes, than there were in the most
advanced of the three little schools. I
am at onee reminded that some of
these children would have too far tn
walk. (It is marvelous how much
trouble a father who walked four
miles to school and brags aboti:,
makes over his child's walking one
mile.) I grant that the consolidation
puts the school too far for some to j
walk. What thent Take part of th*
money to transport these to the
school. Prof. W. K. iTate of the
Meminger Normal school, says, "It
is better snd cheaper to transport the
distant children to the good school
than to bring a poor school to the
diatanet ehiUssai**" "Pes, .ana good]
school is immeasurably better thun
three inferior schools.
The transportation of distant pu
pils is no new fad. 8everal years
ago the EastoVer district in Rich
land eonnty threw five schools into
one. The district runs four wagon
ettes, made for the purpose, to haul
the* distant children. Another in
stance: Three adjoining districts in
Fairfield county, with a combined en
rollment of 60 pupils, have consoli
dated their schools at Bethel, have
erected a $2,600 school house nnd niv
transporting all the children who live
too far to walk. This consolidation
gives the school enotgh pupils to n
tablish a rural high school, with $30C
of State aid.
State Superintendents McMahan |
and Martain have zealously advocat
ed the consolidation of small schools.!
Such a policy would encourage the
building of better roads, while the
transportation itself would protecr
the children in bad weather, and
would protect the small children 4nd
the girls from insults or violence
the hsnds of tramps or thugs on the
lonely country roads.
Neighborhood Jealousies and Quar
rels.?These twin evils have done
more to prevent and to destroy th:
efficiency of the common schools thn\i
any other two agenoiea in the land. It
is difficult enough to maintain a good
school where everybody works in
harmony, and it is well nigh impossi
ble where strife and division are. To
listen to the petty contention, the
sharp bickerings and the tales of dis
cord in some communities makes on*
marvel that a school can exist in such
a place. The petitions and the Ap
peals which coma before the varieu*
school boards are enough to make oik
turn pessimist. The worst of it all if
that most of these contentions no'"
bickerings are childish and groundlo I
and that they are usually begun m?
kept alive by men who have at hear
but little interest in anv school. Li
settling most of these disputes, Sol
omon's judgmen between the two wo
men claiming the child would be
wholesome.
It is to these jealouries and quarrel?
that we owe two, three and even four
little starving schools where but one
ought to be. To tr.cm we owe th*
little district unable to support p
school. Every influential local cele
brity wished to have a school house
at his front door or in his backyard.
To these jealousies ws owe most of
the defeated local tax election*.
Nearly all the local disputes over the
teacher have their origin in neigh
borhood jealousies, and the baneful
habit of constant change of teacher*
has its roots embedded here.
A certain district school is suDpori
ed by ten families. All is well, b.?'
fbe rebec 1 hon?f attends on the f.onJ
side of a little creek whiflb abo-.t
once n year reaches n depth of fou?
*eet. A **"1 ft ??id<*enlv ennelud
?that th ig hvmf"-"' rv 'i n ?
? ace to the lives of tVeir children, ??
| petition for a new district. The next
session, finds a little 20 by 20 fool
hull of a school lions? on the nortl'
side of (hat creek, and a little life
leas aehcqj on each aide of it. Or
C'a had boy is punished by the tract*
^?r; straightway C raises the flag <
secession. and proceeds to have hi
own little d-e-c-atriee ewt off. O
one. of the loeal economists gets tirv?'
of paying a tenelier $40 a month
since bis daughter wonld teach fo>
?30; the trustees will not yield t'
the economist; then the economi**
cnnvaascs the district in the informs'
of a new set of trustees, with the
<?eonoirist as chairman. Or. D atv~
?..*pa riT#I phyaieians already at
Mlds; D says that Smith's boy hat
I contagious disease, and must be
(topped from the school; E declares
;hat the disease is only infections,
ind that it would be silly to stop
Smith's boy; the quarrel rapes, the
Partisans array themselves, and down
joes the local school tax proposed
by the only really interested patron
it the school. Or, X begins to j|is
niss a new school house > Y says that
the old one is pood enough, and that
X is tryinp to lead tlie district; no
aew house is built, and the old one
gradually rots down. Or, Miss
Brown, the teacher, boards with the
Smiths; the Joneses feel neglect cd,
and bepin to whisper it about that
the teacher cannot solve Sallie J one*'
problems or parse Sallie's sentences;
tho Smiths retaliate by assertinp that
the teacher is able to teach the whole
Tones familv: result?the anti-Smith
Taction's children nre taught next
?ession by Miss Sallie Jones herself.
Once^ more, Mr. Brown, with muc.h
religious devotion to his church
creed, demands that the new teach
er shall be an X-ist; Perkins Y-ism
at once bepins- to felment while
Stubbs declares that Z-ianism has
been outraped, since there has not
been a X-ian teacher in tho school
in Ave years. When the new teach
er conies, is he to teach X-ist doc
trine, Y-ist doctrine. Z-ian doe'rin^,
or should he be a simple do'l-fearing
man whose dailv life will he a re
buke to these clamorous Pharisees t
All this may srfund like sslire. hut
it is a mask rehearsal of a play whoie
the curtain never falls. Cannot some
neighborhoods see themselves in the
play t
Self Defcree ErfaMtshed.
Spartanburg, Fp?ci::l.? I?avmonr
Foster, colored, who shot and killed
John Garrett, also colored at Fail
Forest several weeks ago was tried
' in Court of Sessions on the charge o!
murder. The defendant proved sell
defense and the jury wasn't long ir
returning a verdict of not guilty
Foster was represented by 8amller>
& Dc pass. _
Liquor round in Beef Market.
Spartanburg, Special.?The beef
market end restaurant of J. J. Spanu
located on Main street, was raided
Saturday afternoon by the police nnd
a barrel containing one hundred pints
of liquor was found in the beef mar
ket. Spann claims that he along
with others ordered the stuff. This is
the biggest haul the police have made
in some time. ? m ?
Negro Burned to Death.
Birmingham, Ala., Special.?A. A.
McLenahan, a negro, was burned to
death and several others had narrow
escapes when Are destroyed the two
story building on the southwest cor
ner of Third avenue and Eighteenth
street. The neprocR were sleeping *ui
the building and McLenahan wa9 try
ing to raise a window when he was
suffocated. The flnme.s spread so
rapidly that he could not be rescued
Five Negrcea Drown in the Tennessee
River.
Chattanooga, Tenn., Special.? A
row boat containing five negroes cap
sieed in the Tennessee river and all
tlio occupants were drowned. Throe
of the victim* were men and two wo
men, The party had rowed across !o
Moccasin Bend, and whilo returning
one of the women became frieghtenod
and in attempting to jump from th?
boat the light craft was overturned.
But one of the number could swint.
The otb<?r four clung to liira and all
sank.
HOTELS AND COTTAGES BURK
ED.
I'ire Raging g.t Winthrop Beach? One
Woman, Guest of B[otel, Missing.
Boston, Special?A brisk fire brok.?
out in the summer colony at Win
throp Beach nt 11:30 o'clock Friday
night. Crest Hall, n summer hotel,
accommodating seventv-flve guest*,
and th? Ocean View House are in
flames, and a large number of th'
cottage* nenrbv Tie threatened.
There "were In Spain In 1901 only
861 electric power stations, of whloi
651 w?ro for public lighting and 210
for private lighting.
VERDICT MANSLAUGHTER
Besnit Wu Surprise to Friends of
Garrison, Who Expected Acqflt
UL
Laurens, Special.?"Guilty of man
slaughter with recommendation to the
mercy of the court," is the verdict
in the case of Henry Garrison,
charged with the murder of Lewis
Williamson, his daughter's sweet
heart. The result is a greet surpriw,
as Garrison's friends had espeeted
immediate acquittal when th? cafe
went to the jury. Judge Memminger
concluded hia charge at 8.15 p. m.,
and gave notice that he would wait
on the jury until midnight, but there
was no agreement at that hour, and
the jury was looked up for -the night.
Friday morning the jurors were still
not cgreed. and Judge Memmingei
sent them back with instructions t?i
reach a verdict. At 11 o'clock they
^Ihue out with a verdict of man
slaughter, with recommendation to
mercy. Under this verdict the court
may impose a sentence of not less
than two nor irore than twenty
years. Notice of motion for new
trial was given, but the court's rul
ings were so generally favorable to
the defense that there are fen
Grounds fcr appeal. The worst ex
pected by the defense was a mistrial.
It is stated I hat two jurors held out
for acquittal, while a few voted At
first for a verdict of murder. They
did not accept Garrison's stateme.it
that he believed his pretty daughter,
Miss Mary Garrison, in danger at the
hands of her sweetheart, Louis Wil
liamson, nor did they believe that
Williamson vas drunk. The Garri
son family is connected with the most
prominent |?eople of Lnurens county,
and the deceased,, Williamson, was
highly connected aN over the state.
J. Henry Garrison killed J. Louis
Williamson last July and the defense
was the "unwritten-law." Miss Gar
rison, who was the only witness, testi
fied that on the night of the tragedy
she and Williamson, to whom she whs
engaged, were in the parlor of her
home when her father appeared at
the window and shot her fiance. Wil
liamson died thre hours later.
Charlotte Cotton Market.
These priecs represent figures paid
to wagons:
Good middling 0
Strict middling 8 7-8
Middling 8'1-1
Cclumblr. Cotton Market.
Good middling .. 9.03
Strict middling.. ." 8 7-9
Middling 8 3-4
Charlotte Grain and Produce
Rye 1.35
Corn 1.08
Cotton Seed 22 1-2
Oats 08
Meal Seed 20
Cotton Seed Meal 20
Butter 10(<i 15
Chickens?Spring 30(? 3~>
Ducks 20
Rggs 20(" 22
Geese?per head.. .. .... 40(<?;i0
Hens?per head 35(q 10
Turkeys?per pound 13(J14
An Order by the Adjutant General
Columbia, Special.?Gt*n.% Boyd
has issued the following general
orders of interest to r.ll the militia:
1. The following named books of
records, reports and papers will be
kept in eaeh regiment :
2. The following named hooks of
record, reports and papers will Ik1
kept in each company:
A correspondence book, a sick re
port, a morning report, a descriptive
book of officers and enlisted men. n
record of enlistments. There will
also be kept a file of all guard and
special orders and instructions re
ceived from higher authority, and
retained topics of the various rolls,
returns and reports required by regu
lations and orders.
3. There will be kept In each organ
ization of the National Guard a prop
erty book giving full information of
all public property, both United
States and State, showing list of ar
ticles, date of receipt, from whom re
ceived the names of officers who sign
ed the receipt therefor; also an ac
count cf all articles turned in, ex
pended, stolen, lost or destroyed,
A duty roster will al?o be kept in a
book furnished for the purpose when
in camp of instruction or other duty
' 4. These books, records and pa ]
pers will be inspected at the annuilj
inspection of the National Guard, audi
the pawnent of the salary of the com
pany quartermaster sergeants or oth
er persons designate! bv regimental
and company commanders to ta!.?
charge of and prepare books, record?
and papers will depend upon the re
port made bv the inspecting officer*
as to condition in which same arc
found on date of inspection.
By order of the commander-in
chief,
J. C. BOYD.
Adiutant and Inspector General
Official:
Assistant Adjutant and Inspectoi
General.
WAR (MIPS LOWER
Outlook is For Swift Beginning
of Hostlflties
ONLY SMALL NATIONS INVOLVED
London Hear* News From Berersl
Sources That TwfeOrises Art Im
pending Which Kay Force Hostili
ties in the Near Future.
London, By Cable.?Events which'
threaten to change llie political face
of Europe are crystalizing with light
ning rapidity. Almost over night tho
horizon of the Near East, which
seemed gradually to be assuming a
peaceful Rppearance, has become
crowded with war clouds.
News lias reached her* from sev
eral sources that two definite strokes
arc impending which cannot fail to
bring matters to a crisis, and perhaps
force an immediate war. One is the
proclamation by Prince Ferdinand,
of the independence of Bulgaria,
which will incuudc Rumelia, taking
for himself the title of "Czar." The
other is an announcement of Austro
Hungary of the practical annexation
of the provinces of Bosnia and Her
zegovina as appendages of the Austro
Iluugarian crown.
Either action will be equivalent to
the letfsing up of the treaty of Berlin
while Prince Ferdinand's course
seems almost certain to precipitate
a war between Bulgaria and Turkoy.
Before these ]>ossibilitieg the quar
rel ovsr the East Uumeliu section of
the Orient Railway sinks into insig
nificance. Both armies are reported
to he quietly aiul swiftly mobilizing
near the borders. Bulgarians are
said to he buying munitions an 1
horses on an extensive scale.
Bulgarians have faith in their
army, which has reached a high state
of efficiency although it is perhaps
larking in officers and the war, for
which Bulgaria has- long been sus
pected of preparing, could be fought
with more advantage for her now
than when the Turkish government
had time to reorganize its forced,'
which have become en ravel led by th'o
corruption and neglect of the old
regime.
The Emepror of Austria, it is un
derstood, has despatched a letter to
the President of France, setting forth
his intensions regarding Bosnia vri
Herzegovina, although the contents
of the letter are kept secret, and' he
is sending similar notes to the other
powers.
Tt seems incredible that Emperor
Francis Joseph, who always has been
a scrupulous observer of forms,
should reveal his plans to the rulers
of other nations before he has com
municated them to his own Parlia
ment. One explanation is tlint ?tho
letter was not intended for delivery
until Tuesday, when identical notes
would be presented to the other
powers.
Austria is suspected of enoounwra
ing the recent Bnlgnrjan-TurJrish
trouble for her own interests, J>ut
the British government has made pro
posals to the two countries looklit*
to the settlement of the railway c??c%
under which the other powers havo
agreed to give support to the plan,
which contemplates the temporary
restoration of the..way to Turkey V'to
save her face," and then transfer
ence of the company to the Bulgarian
government.
The English press expresses sur
prise that Austria and Bulgaria
should plot against Turkey and ask*
if the grent powers will submit to
having obstnclcs placed in tho way of
the regeneration of Turkey,
General Wright Pclected.
Washington, Special.?President
Roosevelt will designate General
Luke E. Wright, Secretary of War, as
tho government's offl'Mal representa
tive at the Southern commercial con
gress, which will convene in th'i
city December 7th and 8th just prior
to the national rivers and harbors
congress.
Roosevelt to Tako Stump.
Lincoln, Neb., Special.?That Pres
ident Roosevelt fully intends to tnkf*
tho stump in favor of the candidacy
of Mr. Taft was the information re
ceived at Kairview from the East.
It was sail thnt the advices earr?'
fum persons on whom reliance conid
be | daced and were to the effect that
Mr. Roosevelt is planning to make
at Ipast six speeches in the course of
a trip from the Atlantic to the Pac
ific, tlie concluding speech to be de
livered at San Francisco with numer
ous short speeches en route.* Mr
Bryan, however, refused to make any
commcnt on the subject.
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